Mary A. Bedikian
Professor of Law in Residence & Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
414 Law College Building
Michigan State University College of Law
East Lansing, MI 48824-1300
517/432-6889 Intercom: 179
bedik@law.msu.edu
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Program
Degrees: J.D. 1980, Detroit College of Law; M.A. 1975, B.A. 1971, Wayne State University
Biography: Mary A. Bedikian is the former District-Vice-President, Detroit Region, of the American Arbitration Association, an organization for which she worked for 28 years. Her extensive experience in ADR spans many sectors - labor, commercial, construction, international, and employment - and includes the training of mediators and arbitrators in both the process and substance of ADR. In 1987, Professor Bedikian created one of the first interactive ADR courses in Michigan, to be taught at various law schools within Michigan. She served as adjunct faculty at both the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and Wayne State University Law School for more than 10 years. Ms. Bedikian also is well published. In 1988, she won first prize in the Sixth Annual National Labor Law Writing Competition for her article, "Riding on the Horns of a Dilemma: The Law of Contract Versus the Law of Public Policy." Ms. Bedikian has co-authored two practice books in ADR: Michigan Pleading and Practice, Volumes 8A and B, and Michigan Practice Series - ADR, both published by Thomson West. Ms. Bedikian was instrumental in creating the ADR Section of the State Bar of Michigan and, in 1999, she received from the Section the Distinguished Service Award in Recognition of Significant Contributions to the Field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. As director of the Law College’s ADR program, Ms. Bedikan foceses her work in three principal areas: developing a core curriculum in ADR for MSU Law students; providing mediation, facilitation, negotiation and conflict management training to universities, corporations and other entities; and offering professional consulting services.